SUSPENDED ANC Youth League president Julius Malema will be pinning his hopes on the ruling party's National Executive Committee (NEC) to rescue his political career following his five-year suspension.
Until his appeal has been concluded, Malema will remain the leader of the youth league.
He has until November 24 to appeal against his sentence. If he loses the appeal, he will also have to vacate his position as league president.
Yesterday, he began his fightback campaign when he called a special NEC meeting in Benoni.
Read more: Times Live (November 13,2011)

Johannesburg - Detractors of ANC Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema have been holding demonstrations of jubilation in his home province of Limpopo following his suspension last week, The Sowetan newspaper reported on Monday.
The demonstrations began in Malema's hometown Seshego on Thursday night and spread to other parts of the province, including Mopani, which is the home of his long-time friend and ally Joshua Matlou.
Matlou, who led the youth wing with Malema in 2006 as provincial chairperson, is now the chairperson of the ANC's Mopani region, which is also home to Limpopo ...

June, as if one needed reminding, is the coldest month. It has also come to be associated with anything and everything to do with the youth, June 16 being Youth Day, a holiday, to commemorate the day in 1976 on which young people rose up against apartheid. The insurrection soon took on a life of its own, spreading throughout the country, including small towns and villages.
Figures of authority became fair game. Teachers and councillors, seen as functionaries of an illegitimate system, were forced to resign, and consumer boycotts ruthlessly enforced. The children had run out of patience. The ...

Malema vows to fight backSouth Africa’s radical new Economic Freedom Fighters, who hounded President Jacob Zuma from parliament with accusations that he is a thief, vowed court action yesterday over sanctions against its MPs. Firebrand leader Julius Malema and several of his top lieutenants were suspended for 30 days without pay after the most tumultuous parliamentary session since the dawn of democracy 20 years ago. At the heart of the upheaval was Zuma’s refusal to accept the public protector’s decision that he should repay some of the R246-million of taxpayers’ money spent on “security upgrades” at his private residence. Riot police were deployed to parliament as the president’s question time collapsed into chaos on August 21, with EFF lawmakers yelling at Zuma: “Pay back the money”. After their suspension for this incident on Thursday – the last sitting before parliament broke for the summer recess – Malema said the EFF would take the issue to court and keep pressure on Zuma. “We ar

Malema will never leave the EFF for the ANCEFF leader Julius Malema this morning tweeted he will never leave his party following claims that he planned to return to the ANC. “I will never do that to my people, the EFF remains my only political home now and for the rest of my life,” Malema said on his Twitter page. “I will be buried with the red flag.” He could not be reached for verbal comment. The Citizen reported that Malema was in talks with the ANC to return to the ruling party. Malema was expelled from the ANC Youth League and went on to become president of his own party the Economic Freedom Fighters. The ANC denied the claims. “The report in The Citizen: we are not aware of it. There are no discussions between the ANC and Malema,” African National Congress spokesman Zizi Kodwa said. “However the ANC remains open to people who want to come back, who were members of the ANC before and left for whatever reason.” He said the ANC would not reject any person wanting to return “home” because it was an organi

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